Today's Pics

A few pics from the Solomons Watermen’s Festival & Boat Docking contest.
This contest had all the excitement of a Friday night high school football game in small town Arkansas.
Plenty hoots and hollers,

 Steely eyed determination.

and skill...

Paid off.

A winner.

12th Annual Calvert County Watermen's Festival 2013-- September 22, 2013 starting at noon at Watermen's Wharf at the end of Solomons Island.  The Festival is perhaps best known for our Boat Docking Contest, during which work boats and charter boats compete within their divisions for cash, prizes and trophies.  Never a dull moment, this is a spectacular event to watch!  Beer, food and soft drink sales and exhibits by some of our sponsors will also be available.   Live entertainment will be provided by Deanna Dove, the Island Girl herself (below).

When you have time...

it's worth spending it to watch this.

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There's always something of interest to point a camera at while hangin' out at AYB.
Bored and playing with Photoshop produced some nice results.

Hopefully by the time you see this we've pulled the boat and are on the way to a hotel.

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As we were leaving Solomons we passed. 'Santa Clara'. We first tied up behind them in Savannah.

Fred,
Proof they're working on your teak.

Santa Clara

44 Kadey Krogen

Meanwhile, we're sitting under a covered slip at AYB. 

We moved to a slip on the outside edge so our Sat Dish would pick up a TV signal. 

Mel wants her NFL.

We're supposed to be hauled tomorrow to have our bottom painted and the hull polished. And, whatever else we find when we pull her out.

We were worried about TS Karen, but that's not as big an issue as once predicted. Rain, on the other hand will slow down the work we want done.

Sounds like more time in a hotel to me. Maybe a vacation during our vacation.

We'll see.

Adios,

Istaboa

Wow! Check this out

Eagles are praised for their eyes. Now you can basically see through them.

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All you need is love... Huh?

Really, Still No Reason

Except...  It's Flamingo Friday!

Happy Weekend!!


ps... All our friends on the Northern Gulf Coast... Good luck with Karen.
She's heading our way too, but she'll be pretty tired by the time she gets here.

No Reason

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Boats on the Bay

Passed this old beauty as we were rounding Thimble Shoals and leaving the Chesapeake.

Surf On-The-Go... and Cheap!

Will Finlay, the lead wireless engineer for onSpot WiFi sent me this little device to try out.
Not a new device, it's been out for a couple of years, but it's a new version and new to me.
It's essentially a WiFi hotspot in a box... at $100.00 from Amazon, it's a hell of a deal.

Within 10 minutes of powering it up I had a signal out at the faraway covered docks of Atlantic Yacht Basin and was surfing. Very simple setup.
It's not as powerful as the Rogue Wave antenna that's mounted on my radar arch, but it's performing well at AYB where, if you're inside your boat, you can't get an internet signal with a laptop alone.

Not a bad little device when compared to a $500.00 Rogue Wave Antenna plus the installation costs.
I took it up to the fly bridge, plugged it in, and it works well.

Check it out.

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